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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1887-10-06
Qualities of Cork.

The density of cork varies with its
quality and age. Thin corks are
usually heavier than those of the same
volume that have grown more rapidly,
and, in corks of the same class, the
density increases with the age. M.
Brisson gives 0'240as an average max
imum, and the ordinary density of a
ten-yearS-Old cork may be taken at
o.. With extreme lightness are asso-
ciated other valuable qualities; that of
being a poor conductor of heat and
sound; impermeability to liquids; i'm
perfect combuStibility, and non-liabil-
ity to decay, by reason of which it is
susceptible of very numerous applica-
tons in industry. The most import
ant use of the substance is for bottle
corks. The bark which is intended to
be used in this form is kept in damp
cellar. When taken to the shop, it is
cut by the first workman into strips,
the width of which corresponds with
the length of the future cork. A sec
ond workman cuts these strips into
squares suited in size to its diameter.
The squares, strung, are plunged into
boiling water to make them swell out.
They are then stored in a cool place,
and kept constantly moist by sprink-
ling, till they pass into the hands of
the cork-maker. He applies them in
succession, giving them rotary mo-
tion,to the edge Of a wide bladed knife,
drawing them at the same time slowly
along its length, and by skillful man
ipulation transforms the square into a
round cork. This is the method
usually practiced in France. Work
men in other countries handle the
knife in different manners. 1t is es-
sential, to obtain a good and solid
cork, to take care that its axis, as it is
cut from the bark, be parallel with the
axis of the tree on which the bark
grew; but the broad, flat corks have
to be cut perpendicular to the axis of
the tree. Only the finest corks are
now made by hand. A good work
man can turn out, in the method de-
scribed, about one thousand corks a
day.-Poputar Science Monthly.
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The Janitor's Daughter.

l remember one night | came home
late from Coney Island, and, as it was
very cool, | lighted a cigar and started
to walk Up Broadway with one or two
companions. just as we passed Cham
bers street procession swept into
Broadway and started northward. 1t
was some such exclusive association as
1.-The Gentlemen's Sons Club of the
Fourth Ward" One feature that
dwarted everything else was bass
drum. Attached to it, in a more or
less casual manner, was very small
and reduced Irishman, who marched
with dispassionate Indifference to the
rest of the column, and murdered the
drum with unceasing vigor and en-
thusiasm. We CHANGED to be little
ahead of the procession, and as the
drum awakened the echoes along the
deserted streets the doors creaked and
and opened for blocks ahead of us, and
every building gave up its quota of
pretty janitors' daughters. They rush
ed in pairs, quartets, and dozens and
clapped their hands and jumped up and
down in anticipation of the gorgeous
ness that was coming up the street to
the music of the red-faced Irishman's
big bass drum. He exercised a fasci-
nation over them that was simply ir-
resistible, and they blew kisses at him
from the tips of their plump fingers as
they danced along.
80 Mary Ami! screamed one of the
girls to another across me street;
do y pipe his Claude Plantaganets
there with his little drum?"
'Do IP" shrieked Mary Ann in re-
turn, as she beamed on the artist with
pair of beautiful blue eyes. ''Well,
don't IP"
Il notice he's got his Sunday whis-
kers with him"
Eyes, an he has his mothers own
smile, if he does favor papa in the
feet"
A wild and delighted roar came from
the pale-faced drummer, as he looked
from one group of laughing and dam
cling girls to the other and beat an i'm
FASHIONED argeggio in B minor on the
drum, Interpreted with chromatic and
clasped her hands and cried with in
describable JUNCTION:
go Willie-you-are- such-a-pet."
"Yah, howled the radiant drummer.
Whose darlin' are you nowP" ex-
claimed the girl"
I'm tn darlin' of tn janitor's
daughters"
He marched on in sturdy happiness,
with an ever-increasing throng of
young women around him.
1t was the most extraordinary show
of pretty girls l had ever seen. No
collection of uptown women could
have approached it.-Nea0 York Cor.
San Francisco Argos1aut.
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COIors of the Victorian Age.

Somebody has been noting the col
ors worn during Queen Victoria's
reign, and decided, after reviewing
the list, that the queen had very little
influence on the fashion, although to
hear the cutlery that has been made
since she assumed mourning one would
suppose that all the dyers and all the
makers of bright-hued stuff in the
kingdom and colonies depended upon
her nod. Blue came first; blue of the
various shades of crudity known as
Mazarin, Marie Louise and sky-blue,
all except the last generally unbecom-
ing, and the last only to be worn by
blonde. And then there was a pink
season or two, and then time when
everybody had yellow bonnet, and
then crimson-satin season, and then
general confusion, when no color was
predominant. From this everybody
was drawn by the aniline tints of Sol
ferino and Magenta and various other
coal-tar horrors. some of which the
United States was almost wholly
spared, for the melancholy reason that
half the country was in mourning.
And then came really new and beauti-
full colors-deep pure reds and exquis-
lite silver blues, and the Vatican pink
and blue in the most delicate tones,
and linden green, and then the whole
scale of art tints and shades-and here
we are in 1887 and there is hardly one
of these colors, except Magenta and
Solferino, which may not be found in
the shops in one quality or another of
ribbon.-The ArqOnda4t
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The Ethics of Hugging.

Hugging Is comparatively modern
institution. Our ancestors never hug
ged. They calmly and demurelv EN-
braced. There's big difference be-
tween hug and an embrace. The
hug is an earnest, quick impetuous
contraction of the muscles of the arms
and chest when the object to be hug
ged lies within the circle bounded by
the arms, while the chest is the goal
or final point of the hug The warmth
of the hug is determined by the extent
of the muscular contraction. But the
hug is not, as ANTAGONISTS assert, ter.
minated when the object is brought in
contact with the chest. On the con.
trary, the sweeping in is but the shell
of the operation. The kernel is
reached when the space between the
hugger and the huggee is annihilated,
ard the blade of knife could hardly
be inserted between both surfaces.
This is, perhaps, the most dangerous
stage of the operation. A pound, nay,
few ounces, of extra pressure, may
rib, at least in the bursting of cor
set-string, with the almost inevitable
destruction of bangs, montagues,
waves, puffs, and such like headgear.
The release, if not skillfully managed,
is also attended with danger, and
should be as gradual as elementary
pressure.
Expressions of anguish on the part
of the huggee may, as a rule, be re-
garded as hypocritical, and should
have no effect in inducing the hugger
to diminish the pressure. In like
manner all danger signals in regard to
the arrival of a third party on the
scene should be investigated by the
party of the first part before receiving
the attention the genuine arrival of a
parent or guardian might command.
This may be done by quick glance
over the shoulder, and this rapid
change of the direction of the head
may be accomplished by little prac-
tice, without making any relaxation
of pressure necessary. If the warning
should prove to be without foundation
the deceit may be punished by from
two to three pounds of additional pres
sure, but so gradual that none of the
ornaments of the person Rugged may
suffer. These little incidents ruffie
the temper and embitter the memory
Vi lDt OIJcI It VI
the toilet are not accomplished easily,
and the female mind is ruffied by the
destruction of the laborious embellish-
ments of the morning hour.
The embrace is merely the throwing
out and partial contraction of the
arms, without any special attention to
an objective point. Near relatives
should be embraced and not Rugged.
An especially young and pretty aunt
may be accepted, and cases are known
where al extremely juvenile and good
looking step-mother has been the oc-
casion of the merging of the embrace
into the hug. But this is rarely done,
particularly if the embracer is de-
pendent on the purse of the old man
for the necessities as well as the luxu-
ries of life. To embrace mother-in-
law is a hollow mockery, and should
be attempted only when some impor-
tant object has to be attained, and
even then it is hardly excusable.
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manitomof pilot.
ETHURsDAY. OCTOBER 6, 1887.
Red Heads and White Horses.

The red-headed girl and white-horse
craze has hit Washington hard, and it
is getting so red-headed girls don't
dare to venture upon the street since
it has got out that whenever you see a
red-headed girl you win see a white
horse. As red-headed woman walks
along the street she becomes aware OF
the excitement she is creating. Every
man who sees her stops short and
begins to look up and down for white
horse. Men who see her pass the
window rush to the door to look for a
white horse. If she goes into store
she can not but observe that the clerks
slip to the window or door looking for
white horses, and she sees men, as she
passes along the promenade. signal
ing each other and shouting back and
forth.
One of the prettiest young ladies in
Washington, whose crown of sunset
hair has been her pride. went home
crying the other afternoon and de-
clared she never. never would go on
the street again till every idiot of
man was dead, who, just as soon as
they saw her, began looking for white
horse.
A young department clerk met
red-haired lady clerk in the same divi-
sion and Immediately ran to the win
dow. what are you looking for?"
she asked
For a white horse" he replied.
when l see a red-haired girl l al
ways look for white horse, and there
he is"
Indeed" said the young lady
sweetly. ''And whenever see white
horse l always look for fool"
Congressman Beriah Wilkins, of
Ohio, got himself heavily "stuck" for
25-cent cigars on what he thought was
going to be smart trick. He wagered
a box of ''Perfectos' cigars with a gen.
tleman that he could take him on
street where he could see six heads of
red hair, and that there would not be
six white horses in sight. The bet
was taken, and Beriah marched his
friend in front OF a store for the sale
of human hair, and in the window
were six lay heads adorned with red
wigs.
There" said brother Wilkins, ''Pll
take the cigars"
The other gentleman began to wilt,
when at that moment a funeral pro-
cession turned into Fourteenth street
from New York avenue, land among
the horses were six white ones"
4 man in Washington has a standing
offer of S25 for the first proven case of
seeing a red-headed girl and not see
ing a white horse.-Fr0ne q WaShtng-
ton Letter.
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A Marvellous Lake.

Henry's Lake is one of the wonders
of the Rockies Directly on the sum-
NIT of the continental divide, in a de-
preston or gap called Targee's Pass.
is body of water that was given the
above name in honor of All old trapper
who made his home on its borders for
several years in the enjoyment of sweet
solitude.
Henry's Lake is of oval shape and
has an area of forty square miles. 1t
is entirely surrounded by what seems
to be solid land, and one really con-
c!udes that it has no outlet. On the
west side lies level meadow, which
floats on the water, and the hidden
outlet is beyond it. Near the rim of
the basin, which at no distant day
must have been the pebbly beach of
the lake, is shallow pool, out from
which flows a creek, the source of the
north fork of Snake river.
A species of the blue joint grass of
luxuriant growth floats upon the water
and sends out mass of large hollow
white roots, which form mat so thick
and firm that horse can walk with
safety over the natural pontoon. The
decayed vegetation aods to the thick
ness OF the mat and forms a mold in
which weeds, willows and small trees
take root and grow. Back from the
new border the new land is firm, and
supports pine and aspen trees of small
growth.
An island of the same turf forma-
ton floats about the lake. The float
ing body Of land is circular and meas
ures 800 feet in diameter A willow
thicket thrives in the center, inter
spersed with small aspens and dwarf
pines. The little trees catch the breeze
and are the sails that carry the island
on its orbit. One evening it was with
in a stone's-throw of our camp Next
morning it was five miles away Wr-
ginia city (NeU.) Chronicle.
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Guy Was in Distress.

Guy Beauclerck stood before the
mirror i'll the great ivory bedroom of
Chin castle, placing upon his manly
form the garments he was that day to
wear in the presence of his monarch.
Suddenly there shot from his hand
glittering disk, which sparkling for a
moment as it passed through a sum
beam, buried itself in the obscurity of
the rich Turkish carpet. With wild
shrek, a heart-piercing cry, Guy
Beauclerck threw himself upon the
floor and groveled like groveler from
GroveltOwn. In an instant his wife,
the beautiful Lady Constance Beau
clerck, was at his side. She whom
even the presence of royalty itself
could not bend now bowed in loving
solicitude over the PROSTATE form of
her husband
Speak to me, Guy" she cried.
"Guy, have you lost your reason"
mo" he moaned family, Il have
lost my collar button. "-B0St01e Tran
script
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Deafness Can't be Cured.

Deafness can't be cured by local appli-
cations, rs they can not reach the dis
essed portion of the ear. There is only
one way to cure Deafness, and that is by
constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the
mucus lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infiamed, you have
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when it is entirely closed Deafness
is the result, and unless the inflammation
can be taken out and this tube restored
to its normal condition hearing will be
destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten
are caused by catarrh, which is nothing
but an infamed condition Of the mucus
surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by Catarrh)
that we can not cure by taking Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circular, free.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, rs cents.
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DRUNKENNESS or the liquor habit po-
sitively cured by administering DR..
Haines' golden specific. 1t can be given
in a cup of coffee or tea without the
knowledge of the person taking it; is alb
solutely harmless and will effect a per-
manent and speedy cure, whether the
patient is a moderate drinker or an alec
holic wreck. Thousands of drunkards
have been made temperate men who have
taken Golden Specific in their coffee
without their knowledge, and to day be-
lieve they quit drinking of their own free
will. 1T NEVER FAILS. The system
once impregnated with the Specific it be-
comes an utter impossibility for the
liquor appetite to exist. For full parti-
culars, address GOLDEN SPECIFIC
CO., Is Race ST., Cincinnati, o. oc29
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GIVE THEM A CHANGED

That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very won
derful machinery it is. Not only the
larger air-passages, but the thousands of
little tubes and cavities leading from
them.
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought not to be there,
your lungs cannot half do their work
And what they do, they cannot do
well. (no1D
Call it cold, cough, Group, pneumonia,
catarrh, consumption or any of the fam
lily of throat and nose and head and lung
distractions, all are bad. All ought to
be rid of. There is just one sure way to
get rid of them. That is to take Bos-
chee's German Syrup, which any drug
gist will sell you at rs cents a bottle.
Even if everything else has failed you,
you may depend on this for certain.
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I have been bothered with catarrh for
about twenty years; had lost sense of
smell entirely for the last fifteen years,
and l had almost lost my hearing. My
eyes were getting so dim l had to get
some one to thread my needle. Now l
have my hearing as we'll as I ever had,
and / can see to thread as fine needle
as ever I did, ny sense of smell is partly
restored, and it seems to be improving
all the time. [ think there is nothing
like Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh.-Mrs.
E. e. Grimes, 81 Valley ST., Rendrill,
Perry Co., Ohio. ID
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u. ShE&NLI IL WV AolSo
Sold by druggists, rs cents.

"There are 1900 quarts of wine drank
every day in Atlanta" said a man who
observes, ga large part of which is do
nestle wine. The domestic wine does
not make his way kindly 1t intoxicates
the bowels before it touches the legs, and
when it does get up drunk it is the
most perp!exing and demoralizing drunk
you ever saw. Most of the domestic
wine used here comes from Cullman,
Ala, where the unusual demand has
emptied the cellars of even this year
vintage. Wine is being drank in Atlanta
now that was in the grape two months
ago, Atlanta Constitution.
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lie Drew the Line There.

1.-The perfect gentleman" said the
Colonel, Twill never, no matter how
annoyed he may be, allow his annoy
ance to find expression. When mans
conversation becomes wearisome listen
just as attentively as though you were
intensely interested"
do you mean to say, Colonel, that
you would allow yourself to be bored
and stand it pleasantly?'
Certainly, sir. | would rather
bear with a bore than offend him."
well, | have poem here I'd like
to read to you while you have time.
1t was Written"
Poem! If you catch me listening
to your drivehng doggerel 1 hope to
be hanged. Lincoln Joa4rnal.
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The Term Amateur.

There is a vast difference between
the meaning of the term amateur in
athletic sports in this country any
in England. Over there a real anna
teur must be above working, not only
in the athletics but every thing else;
he must be rich, or have a rich father
or relative, able to devote all the time
he desires to athletics without de-
voting thought to where the next
loaf of bread is coming from. In this
country we have very strict rules,
but nothing like the English. A
man may work at anything he de-
sires, and still be an amateur and rank
away up if he has the ability to win
the position. Everything is based on
merit. The only restriction is that an
amateur must not compete with pro-
fessional for money or prize. He
can give an exhibition with profess
sional, but he must not receive any
prize or any share of the gate receipts.
If he does that makes him profess
sional, which is in this country the
only bar, except character, etc., to the
amateur ranks.-St. Louis Globe DEM
OcrGt.
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Formerly tie highest paid man about

Formerly tie highest paid man about
retail store was the accountant or book
keeper, or perchance the manager, if the
business justified such person. Now
the window decorator divides the honors
and commands as high a salary as any at
tache of the house. His function is an i'm
portant one. His labor though not ardu-
Gus physically, requires something of the
Gift of the artist and hence commands
good wages. There is no more impor-
tant position in modern retail store than
that of the window decorator Chicago
Herald.
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Mr.. Irving. who is back at his theatre

Mr.. Irving, who is back at his theatre
in London, made this speech when called
out the other evening; "You want me
to say something. I have nothing to
say. Everything 1 have to say since we
parted here has been taken out of me by
the American interviewers, bit l might
add that have never beer better treated
than when 1 was across the seas. "-Ex-
change.
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The Milwaukee, Lake Shore &
Western R'y has been well named,
the fishing and hunting line OF Wis
consin, passing, as it does, through
thousands Of acres OF but partially
explored woods aud within easy
reaching distance OF lakes and
streams that have never been fshed
by white men, all well stocked with
the game fish for which Northern
Wisconsin waters are noted. The
woods abound with game; deer,
bear, wolf, mink, beaver, pheasant
and other game are quite plentiful.
THE ONLY LINE
From Milwaukee to the new Iron
Mining District in Wisconsin and
Interchangeable, Wakefield, Bes-
semer, Ironwood and Hurley.
Direct line to Ashland and be-
yond.
Sleeping cars between Ashland
and Chicago.
The Guide Book, and other de-
scriptiye matter, containing full in
formation, maps and engravings OF
the country traversed by the line,
will be sent on application to the
General Passenger Agent.
G. L. Ryder, Gen. Agent, 105
Washington street, Chicago.
Chicago Depot, Cor Wells and
KinzIe street, C.. IL n. w. R'y.)
H. F. wHITCOMB. CHAS V. MCKINLAY, ,
Gen'l Manager. Genl Pass. Agent.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.
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DR.. Sargent says that half the young
men who came to Harvard college are
physically in arrears, or in other words,
their brains have been developed at the
expense of their physique. 1t is too
true that many of our leading men in
every walk of life fail for want of body,
not for want of brain. Thousands of
men are more intent upon making for
tune than in preserving their health
Boston Budget.
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The strongest man in Ohio is said to
be George G. Arnold of Cleveland, o.,
who less than one year ago, owing to
chronic liver trouble and Bright's disease
OF the kidneys; weighed less than ninety
five pounds, but by using DIR. Harter' s
Iron Tonic has gained in strength and
weight until now he is admitted to be the
giant of Ohio.
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A Victim to the Cigarette Habit.

I see stories regarding the intelli-
gence of dogs are going about, and
l should like to tell you my dogs tale
He is a clever and generally well-be-
haved dog. Every day gave him Gin
the approved manner of clever dog
owners) the sum of two pence, where
with he goes to the bakers and the
newsvender's to buy a roll for himself
and Daily News for me. One day,
however, he came home with neither
physical nor mental pabulum, but
smelling strongly of smoke. The next
day l again gave him the 2 pence, but
followed him at discreet distance. He
went up to an automatic cigarette-box
at the railway station, stood upon his
hind legs, dropped his penny in, pressed
the knob with his nose, and took his
cigarette. He was just making for
the similar match-provider hard by
when / arrested him.-London Globe
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RTrcKIJN,S ARNICa SAIVF

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Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
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required. 1t is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction of money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box. For sale by FL.
Hinrichs.